Some materials sink and others float. But which is which and what happens when we combine them? Using a variety of demonstrations, this video explores the phenomenon of floating and sinking. In particular, we discuss the concept of density and how ...

How can it be summer in North America and winter in Australia at the same time?! MIT+K12 explains the seasons.License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions

We bet you thought that rocks are just rocks, but the truth is there are three different kinds of rocks. Learn the differences between sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions

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Thursday, February 19, 2015Starr Forum: Demystifying ISISSpeaker: Juan Cole, Richard NielsenA discussion with Juan Cole and Richard NielsenAbout the Speakers:Juan Cole is a public intellectual, prominent blogger and essayist, and the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the ...

Spaceflight is exciting, and you don’t have to be a “Rocket Scientist” to share in the excitement! 16.00x makes the basics of spaceflight accessible to everyone. Join MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut who made five spaceflights ...

The days of wasting condiments — and other products — that stick stubbornly to the sides of their bottles may be gone, thanks to MIT spinout LiquiGlide, which has licensed its nonstick coating to a major consumer-goods company. (Learn more about ...

How do you take the world-class science being done in labs at MIT and use it to make a difference in the lives of real people? And how do you build a team capable of tackling an issue with multiple dimensions? Here's a look at the Tata Center's method for taking ...

A team of MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back. (Learn more:http://mitne.ws/1HwBZro)Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, ...

Published on Jun 3, 2015 Over the 2013-14 academic year, MIT News profiled several graduating seniors. Here, watch as four of them discuss their time at MIT and what they look forward to in the future.Read the full profiles: Anisha ...

"Have you seen the future?" is a book with pages that never stop turning. This edition limited to 180 copies was made expressly for the MIT Libraries Infinite Mile Awards Celebration by hand by the 2015 Rewards and Recognition committee members in honor and thanks to ...

MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, now a world leader in neuroscience and cognitive science, evolved from the Department of Psychology founded by Prof. Hans-Lukas Teuber in the early 1960s and based on the revolutionary idea that the study of mind and ...

“One of the very most important things in our school’s history is something that’s not in the motto” — “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand” — Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88, now the chief technology officer of the United States, ...

The MIT Costume Shop is where creativity flourishes at the Institute. Courses in both costume design and figure drawing are only a couple of the examples of what is offered. The Costume Shop also designs, constructs and assists in all theater art productions on campus often creating all the ...

Observe@MIT is a series of astronomical observation sessions led by astronomer and planetary science lecturer Amanda Bosh. Members of the MIT community are encouraged to come and observe the sky above and learn about space and what there is to see on that particular day or night. Everyone is ...

Earlier this year, weather and climate agencies around the world declared 2014 the warmest year on record, even though the increase in global mean temperature has slowed. This warming "hiatus" has puzzled climate scientists, as it deviates from climate models which project a continuing ...

MIT researchers have now developed a technique to "see" vibrations that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye, combining high-speed video with computer vision techniques. (Learn more about the technique: http://bit.ly/1K8t4en) Video produced and edited: Melanie Gonick/MIT Crane ...

Tuesday, March 10, 2015Starr Forum: East Asian Security DilemmaSpeaker: Bonnie Glaser, Eric Heginbotham, Christopher Hughes, Yoshihide Soeya, Richard SamuelsABOUT THE SPEAKERS:Bonnie Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia in the Freeman Chair in China Studies, where she works on issues related to ...

Speaker: Jennifer LeaningDr. Jennifer Leaning is the guest speaker at the inauguration of a new lecture series honoring the late human-rights activist Hrant Dink.About the Speaker:Jennifer Leaning is the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and ...

May 7, 2015Speakers: Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, Taylor Fravel, Vipin NarangAmbassador Shivshankar Menon was India's former national security advisor and foreign secretary. While foreign secretary in 2008, Menon was an active voice in negotiations over the India-US ...

Massachusetts State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry shares her career path with the MIT ABAC community and the work that she is doing in the State during the 2015 ABAC celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month

For her senior project, Molly Kosiarek (XII '15) helped build and automate a telescope system she named the Small AUtonomous Robotic Optical Nightwatcher or SAURON - after the ever-present eye-in-the-sky from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. In this interview, filmed at the Wallace ...

In October 2014, Kevin Slavin and Greg Borenstein of the Playful Systems group went to Las Vegas, Nevada to deploy a custom-designed algorithm that would help commentators make more accurate predictions and tell better stories about chess games. The Millionaire Chess ...

People who negotiate their income earn an extra $1 million during their career. Ms. Katie Donovan, a salary negotiation consultant and equal pay advocate, will teach you how to be one of these people. You will learn the expectations, preparation, and ultimately the ...

Be inspired by the 2014 GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference opening keynote! The speaker is Jenn Gustetic, MIT TTP '07. Ms. Gustetic is the Assistant Director for Open Innovation in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, she is responsible ...

In December 2014, 6th grade STEM enrichment students from Cummings Middle School hosted a SciVis101 session to get a crash course in making science videos. They had two hours to learn demos, write scripts, host, direct, sound engineer, and film! Want to bring your ...

In this BLOSSOMS lesson, Professor Gilbert Strang introduces complex numbers in his inimitably crystal clear style. The class can go from no exposure to complex numbers all the way to Euler's famous formula and even the Mandelbrot set, all in one lesson that is likely ...

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